EP0772033B1 - Verfahren zur Überwachung und Prüfung des Scherbelastbarkeit von Nietverbindungen - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Überwachung und Prüfung des Scherbelastbarkeit von Nietverbindungen Download PDF

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EP0772033B1
EP0772033B1 EP19960307903 EP96307903A EP0772033B1 EP 0772033 B1 EP0772033 B1 EP 0772033B1 EP 19960307903 EP19960307903 EP 19960307903 EP 96307903 A EP96307903 A EP 96307903A EP 0772033 B1 EP0772033 B1 EP 0772033B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21J—FORGING; HAMMERING; PRESSING METAL; RIVETING; FORGE FURNACES
    • B21J15/00—Riveting
    • B21J15/10—Riveting machines
    • B21J15/28—Control devices specially adapted to riveting machines not restricted to one of the preceding subgroups
    • B21J15/285—Control devices specially adapted to riveting machines not restricted to one of the preceding subgroups for controlling the rivet upset cycle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21J—FORGING; HAMMERING; PRESSING METAL; RIVETING; FORGE FURNACES
    • B21J15/00—Riveting
    • B21J15/02—Riveting procedures
    • B21J15/025—Setting self-piercing rivets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L5/00—Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
    • G01L5/0028—Force sensors associated with force applying means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

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  • the invention relates generally to riveted joints, and more particularly to such joints formed by operation of pierce and flare rivets.
  • the rivet preferably has a disk-like head on the end thereof adjacent the panel outer surface.
  • the preferred method comprises preparing a plurality of identical test joints of two test panels representative of said panels in said lap joint; piercing each of said test joints with an identical piercing flare rivet, each rivet being driven to a different control depth with respect to said corresponding test panel outer surface; measuring the shear load required to separate each said test joint; observing and recording correlation data representing the relationship between said control depths and said shear loads; choosing a desired range of shear loads; forming the lap joint; measuring the depth between said rivet head and said panel outer surface; and determining the indicated shear load of said lap joint from said correlation data.
  • a riveting apparatus 10 is illustrated adjacent an automotive body assembly 12 for joining portions of the automotive body assembly.
  • an outer panel 14 and inner panel 16 are illustrated as being configured to form a lap joint, indicated generally at 18, in which an outer flange 20 and an inner flange 22 are arranged in overlying abutting relationship.
  • the riveting apparatus 10 is illustrated as including a positioning fixture 24 and a hydraulic ram 26 in fluid communication through connections, as indicated at 28, 30, 32, to a hydraulic power system (not shown) to drive a piston portion, indicated at 34, toward the lap joint 18.
  • the piston portion 34 carries a pierce and flare rivet 36, as may best be seen in Figure 2, and the rivet fixture 24 includes a forming guide, to be later described, carried behind the inner flange 22.
  • the piston portion 34 drives the rivet 36 into pierce and flare engagement with the lap joint 18, in a manner best appreciated by reference to Figure 2.
  • the lap joint 18 is formed by driving rivet 36 into piercing relationship through the flange 20 and into the flange 22.
  • the rivet 36 is generally of cup-shape configuration having a closed head portion 38 and an open end 40. The open end may be configured in known manner to facilitate piercing.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the progress of the rivet 36 into the flanges 20, 22.
  • the rivet 36 defines a central longitudinal axis, and a flare forming die 42 carried in the fixture 24 is presented in axial registration with that longitudinal axis, so that as the rivet 36 pierces the flange 20 and into the flange 22, metal flow about the central portion 44 of the die 42 effects an outward flaring of the open end 40 of the rivet 36.
  • FIG. 1 Viewing the progressive piercing insertion of the rivet 36 into forming lap joint 18 shows various axial positions of the rivet 36 with respect to the outer surface 46 of the flange 20. That axial difference, labelled F in Figure 2, has been found to provide an indication of lap shear strength in a joint like in the lap joint 18. A large volume of testing has indicated that a good correlation on the order of 0.97 exists between the dimension F as a characteristic and the lap shear strength of a riveted joint.
  • the dial indicator 48 includes a base 50 having a die surface 52 that may be engaged against an outer surface, such as the surface 46, then the tip 54 of the dial indicator 50 is placed against the head 38 of the installed rivet 36 to determine the measurement F.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates data collected for a particular joint formed between two aluminium panels. Such a chart presents correlation data, and the joint designer may choose a desirable load range and determine from such correlation data the F dimension or rivet head height to be maintained and monitored in effecting formation of such a joint.
  • an apparatus like the dial indicator, shown diagramatically in Figure 3 may be used to determine the acceptability of the joint. If a depth is found to be unacceptable, of course, the operation of the ram 24 must be modified to effect piercing to the appropriate depth.
  • the correlation data may be utilised to vary the pressure of the ram and to provide mechanical axial stops for the ram 24 to control positioning of the head 38 of the rivet 36 with respect to the outer surface 46 of the flange 20.

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  1. Ein Verfahren zur Überwachung und Steuerung der Scherfestigkeit einer Verbindung (18), die aus zwei sich gegenüberliegenden Tafeln (14,16) gebildet wird, die durch einen - von der äußeren Oberfläche einer der Tafeln her durchstechend in die Tafeln (14,16) getriebenen - Durchschlag-Bördelniet (36) aneinander befestigt sind; und der an einem an diese äußere Oberfläche dieser Tafel angrenzenden Ende bevorzugt einen scheibenförmigen Kopf besitzt; wobei das Verfahren die Schritte umfaßt:
    Herstellung einer Mehrzahl von identischen Prüfverbindungen von zwei Prüftafeln, die für diese Tafeln in diesem Überlappungsstoß repräsentativ sind;
    Durchschlagen jeder dieser Prüfverbindungen mit einem identischen Durchschlag-Bördelniet (36), wobei jeder Niet bezüglich dieser äußeren Oberfläche der entsprechenden Prüftafel in eine unterschiedliche Steuertiefe getrieben wird;
    Messen der zum Trennen jeder dieser Prüfverbindungen benötigten Scherlast;
    Beobachten und Aufzeichnen von Korrelationsdaten, welche die Beziehung zwischen diesen Steuertiefen und diesen Scherlasten repräsentieren;
    Wählen eines gewünschten Bereiches von Scherlasten;
    Bilden des Überlappungstoßes (18);
    Messen der Tiefe zwischen diesem Nietkopf (38) und dieser äußeren Tafeloberfläche; und
    Bestimmen der angezeigten Scherlast dieses Überlappungsstoßes (18) aus diesen Korrelationsdaten.
  2. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, in dem diese angezeigte Scherlast außerhalb dieses gewünschten Scherlast-Bereiches liegt und weiterhin den Schritt der Modifizierung dieses Bildungsschrittes umfaßt, um diese Tiefe zwischen diesem Nietkopf und dieser äußeren Tafeloberfläche zu ändern.
  3. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, in dem dieser Herstellungsschritt für eine Mehrzahl von Sätzen identischer Prüfverbindungen ausgeführt wird; und in dem jeder Satz aus Tafeln bestimmter Dicken und Materialien, und Nieten von bestimmtem Durchmesser besteht.
  4. Ein Verfahren zur Bildung eines Überlappungsstoßes zwischen zwei Tafeln mit einem Durchschlag-Bördelniet von tassenförmiger Konfiguration, der ein geschlossenes Kopfende und ein geöffnetes Ende aufweist; wobei das Verfahren umfaßt:
    Herstellung einer Mehrzahl von identischen Prüfverbindungen von zwei Prüftafeln, die für diese Tafeln in diesem Überlappungsstoß repräsentativ sind;
    Durchschlagen jeder dieser Prüfverbindungen mit identischen Durchschlag-Bördelnieten, wobei jeder Niet bezüglich dieser äußeren Oberfläche der entsprechenden Prüftafel in eine unterschiedliche Steuertiefe getrieben wird;
    Messen der zum Trennen jeder der Prüfverbindungen benötigten Scherlast;
    Beobachten und Aufzeichnen von Korrelationsdaten, welche die Beziehung zwischen diesen Steuertiefen und diesen Scherlasten repräsentieren;
    Wählen eines gewünschten Bereiches von Scherlasten;
    Bilden des Überlappungstoßes;
    Anordnen dieser zwei Tafel in übereinanderliegender, sich zuweisender Beziehung;
    Positionieren eines Bördel-Umformgesenks unter der unteren dieser Tafeln;
    Positionieren dieses Niets in Deckung mit diesem Gesenk auf der oberen dieser Tafeln, wobei dieses Nietkopf-Ende nach oben zeigt; und
    Hineintreiben dieses Niets in diese Tafeln bis zu einer Tiefe, wobei die Tiefe dieses Nietkopfes bezüglich der äußeren Oberfläche der oberen dieser Tafeln - aus diesen Korrelationsdaten - eine Naht-Scherfestigkeit innerhalb der gewünschten Naht-Scherfestigkeits-Bereiche anzeigt.
  5. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, in dem dieser Herstellungsschritt für eine Mehrzahl von Sätzen identischer Prüfverbindungen ausgeführt wird; und in dem jeder Satz aus Tafeln bestimmter Dicken und Materialien, und Nieten von bestimmtem Durchmesser besteht.
  6. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, in dem das Material einer dieser Tafeln Aluminium ist.
  7. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 6, in dem diese eine Tafel die obere dieser Tafeln ist.
  8. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 6, in dem diese eine Tafel die untere dieser Tafeln ist.
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